Web Marketing - Graphic Web DesignerSmartPak

When most people say ?work hard, play hard,? they don?t mean at the same time. But we?re not most people. We?re a little more awesome than that, and we?re willing to bet that you are too.

At SmartPak, we?re serious about supporting healthy horses and happy riders, but we?re also serious about having fun. Our serious side has earned us several major awards for growth and innovation, while our ?seriously playful? side landed us a spot on the Boston Globe?s Top 100 Places to Work list and a ?Best Bosses? award by Fortune Small Business and Winning Workplaces.

But enough about us ? let?s talk about you! Are you confident, capable, creative and passionate? Do you want to know that your work makes a difference? Does a hard-working, collaborative, fast-paced environment sound exciting? If so, the Graphic Web Designer position may be for you!

The Graphic Web Designer will help fashion the look and feel of SmartPak?s ecommerce presence. We build fun, intuitive and polished web experiences that do more than just sell ? we go all-out to enchant our customers. If you are a web design aficionado who loves marrying brand with intuitive usability on the web, let?s talk!

The ideal candidate:

Cultivates ideas and designs comps that address business requirements, customer needs and brand purpose ? all in a useful package
Loves designing for specific user needs in email, tablet, mobile, email on mobile, etc.
Enjoys taking designs from concept to completion using the latest CSS/HTML standards
Has designed and built inspiring and engaging emails that looked awesome across all devices
Loves the unique challenges involved in css and html coding for email vs. web
Understands responsive email design and is excited to incorporate the practice effectively into our email program with the help of our extremely talented web team
Strives to be a leader by helping teammates accelerate their design and development abilities through shared knowledge
Continuously seeks to improve by learning from other teammates, staying hip to industry developments, and attending conferences and seminars that further web design and development
Is a creative problem solver ? thinks well on his/her feet and loves solving complex design challenges
Knows the overlap between UX and design and is eager to collaborate with our stellar UX team
Skills:

An uncanny talent to communicate ideas through sketches, wireframes, highly-polished look and feel drawings, illustrations, diagrams, charades, smoke signals, etc. in a very iterative environment
Know Photoshop like the back of your hand on top of general knowledge the entire Adobe Creative Suite
Take designs from concept to completion with pixel-perfect precision using existing and emerging web technologies (HTML5 & CSS3)
Know what it means to be both on-brand in all designs and simultaneously design for the specific needs of the project
Thrive in an environment that is collaborative, engaging, fast-paced, and seriously fun
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